Marks and Spencers has been told it must encrypt all company laptops containing personal information by April 2008.
In May 2007 the knicker-seller admitted it had lost records relating to 26,000 staff when a laptop was nicked from a contractor's house. The laptop contained information on members of the company pension scheme.
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Private vs Public Sector

I think the TJX fiasco more than proved the private sector's capabilities in this field. It's just that, generally speaking, when it comes to monumental cock-ups you can't beat a government department.